Shane MacGowan was ‘vibrant, beautiful and determined to live’, wife says

Former frontman of The Pogues Shane MacGowan with his wife Victoria Clarke (Liam McBurney/PA)

The wife of Shane MacGowan has said the singer was “so vibrant and beautiful and so determined to live only a few days ago” before his death at the age of 65.

Victoria Mary Clarke was at the side of the frontman of The Pogues along with his family when he died “peacefully” at 3am on Thursday, just weeks before his 66th birthday on Christmas Day.